When a man was arrested at Britain's Birmingham International Airport with fourteen peregrine falcon eggs strapped to his body, the authorities called in Andy McWilliam, a detective for the UK's National Wildlife Crime Unit. Smuggling birds of prey to the sheiks of the United Arab Emirates is a highly profitable business, and the thief, Jeffrey Lendrum, was one of the most successful in that field. The Falcon Thief tells two tales, one of the criminal and one of the man trying to stop him, in this fascinating true crime story of "adventure, treachery, and the hunt for the perfect bird."